The Sanskrit term Jantunāśana can be transliterated into English as Jantunasana or Jantunashana, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Ayurveda (science of life)

Source: Wisdom Library: Āyurveda and botany

Jantunāśana (जन्तुनाशन) is another name (synonym) for Hiṅgu, which is a Sanskrit name for the plant Ferula assa-foetida (asafoetida). This synonym was identified by Narahari in his 13th-century Rājanighaṇṭu (verses 6.72-75), which is an Ayurvedic medicinal thesaurus.

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Āyurveda (आयुर्वेद, ayurveda) is a branch of Indian science dealing with medicine, herbalism, taxology, anatomy, surgery, alchemy and related topics. Traditional practice of Āyurveda in ancient India dates back to at least the first millenium BC. Literature is commonly written in Sanskrit using various poetic metres.

Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

Jantunashana in India is the name of a plant defined with Artemisia maritima in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Seriphidium maritimum (L.) Poljakov (among others).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· The Flora of British India (1891)
· Chromosome Information Service (1985)
· Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica (1984)
· Lineamenta Florae Manshuricae (1939)
· Flora Rossica (1833)

If you are looking for specific details regarding Jantunashana, for example side effects, health benefits, diet and recipes, chemical composition, extract dosage, pregnancy safety, have a look at these references.

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Languages of India and abroad

Sanskrit dictionary

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jantunāśana (जन्तुनाशन).—n.

(-naṃ) Asafætida. E. jantu, and nāśana destroying. jantūn nāśayati naśa-ṇic-lyu . hiṅguni .

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jantunāśana (जन्तुनाशन):—[=jantu-nāśana] [from jantu > janīya] n. ‘destroying worms’, Asa foetida, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Jantunāśana (जन्तुनाशन):—[jantu-nāśana] (naṃ) 1. n. Asafoetida.

[Sanskrit to German]

Jantunashana in German

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Partial matches: Nasana, Jantu.

Full-text: Hingu.

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